Taxi drivers taking the piss. Again.

[Baron von Biffo]

im pointing out there's no difference between the taxi drivers protesting and the passport officers not doing their job.

BOTH result in people being unable to travel when they need.

you hypocritically laud one while condemning the other.

The personal abuse may make you feel better but it adds nothing to the debate.

The PS workers are engaged in a legitimate dispute with their employer. The taxi drivers are demanding that the state shields them from legitimate competition. Saying they're the same is like saying that withdrawing money from your account is the same as robbing the bank because in both cases you leave with money.

Its simple baron.

a librarian gets at the upper scale 68k a year because the PS demand they have a hon degree in, and im quoting here, "anything" to be able to apply for the job.

if the gov decided to deregulate that to mean any xtra vision manager could apply they wouldn't stay on that wage for long.

to paraphrase the loreal ad "they aint worth it", but get it thanks to restrictive practices . JUST like the taxi drivers enjoyed prior to de regulation

They're not even close to being the same. Taxi drivers are, in the main, self employed business people. The are demanding that they be shielded from legitimate competition. Librarians are employees. They have never to my knowledge, sought to prevent legitimate competition for entry to their profession.

If newsagents or boutique owners sought demanded that the state prevented anyone else setting up in competition to them they would be told to feck off, and rightly so. The same should apply to taxi drivers.

you want to piss and moan about their actions but the fact is the PS have taken cuts that don't come anywhere NEAR what true global competition would result in across whole swathes of the professions if it was allowed like what's happening in the taxi industry and medicine is just one example.

The PS have had the agreed conditions of their employment torn up. If you want to compare them with the taxi industry, they're in the position of a driver who gets to the agreed destination only to have the fare run off.

[maxthedog]

The PS have had the agreed conditions of their employment torn up. If you want to compare them with the taxi industry, they're in the position of a driver who gets to the agreed destination only to have the fare run off.

No they haven`t.

There employer is broke and cannot afford to pay them their bloated salaries.

[Hoopshead]

Dublin bus are providing a public service. The taxis are in it for the money. If there really was no money in it, they'd stop being taxi drivers.

A. I'm happy for him that he was able to do that, and I wish I could myself, but its surely a sign that you don't starve being a taxi driver.

Yeah and a mate of mine has a shop and he closed down in Janurary because he made so much money in December,what a pile of ********************e

Unlike hypocritical Biffo I would support PS workers and Taxi drivers against our incompetent government!!!

[Raketemensch]

Did you know typing can be taught to some animals, some even are known to have opinions.

Are you attacking me or agreeing with me?

[turdsl]

Taxi drivers complain there are too many taxis?

A simple solution would be cancel the Taxi permit of any taxi driver who blocks the street. Thus, there will be no protest, and fewer taxis. Everyone would be happy, no?

Taxi drivers should reconsider if they had an intention to vote labour if this is new Labour thinking,

[seabhcan]

They should however remove the maximum fare and allow taxi drivers to negotiate for business. Works a treat in Sweden. You just pile up to the taxi rank and name prices and one of them will agree.

You can do that in Ireland so long as the fare is below the maximum fare. Raising prices wouldn't make more business for the taxi drivers - I got a card in the door offering 20% off maximum fare for bookings. Reducing prices is the way to generate more business.

[MPB]

You can do that in Ireland so long as the fare is below the maximum fare. Raising prices wouldn't make more business for the taxi drivers - I got a card in the door offering 20% off maximum fare for bookings. Reducing prices is the way to generate more business.

And according to a taxi driving friend of mine if the the tax man does an audit, he looks at the receited price( the maximum fare),even though the Taxi Driver is receiving an agreed price below the minimum.

[hiding behind a poster]

And according to a taxi driving friend of mine if the the tax man does an audit, he looks at the receited price( the maximum fare),even though the Taxi Driver is receiving an agreed price below the minimum.

Then why doesn't the driver issue a receipt for the amount received?

[seabhcan]

And according to a taxi driving friend of mine if the the tax man does an audit, he looks at the receited price( the maximum fare),even though the Taxi Driver is receiving an agreed price below the minimum.

Sounds like then need better receipt machines. Surely a discount button would be simple enough?

[Shirley Temple Mount]

Once again the taxi drivers are to bring our cities to a standstill in furtherance of their absurd demand for the state to protect them from legitimate competition.

Oh yeh ? and what about pubs should they be utterly deregulated too ?
Regulation of liqour licences is half the problem for the Taxi-men. Tackle the pubs before you put another 400000 taxis on the road, or are they a little too powerful ?